Cat thread

[MuffinMan]

I'm glad I've never found a box of kittens. I can easily see myself taking home the entire box.

[CmdrSlack]

That's why I maintain a 2 cat rule. One master, one apprentice. It worked out for the Sith pretty well, and I have a long line of cats whose collective knowledge and "knowing how to be a cat"-ness is entirely derived from my first, most awesome cat.

Yes, it's a silly fiction, but it is a silly fiction that keeps us from becoming "those cat people."

[Ingmar]

That's why I maintain a 2 cat rule. One master, one apprentice. It worked out for the Sith pretty well, and I have a long line of cats whose collective knowledge and "knowing how to be a cat"-ness is entirely derived from my first, most awesome cat.

Yes, it's a silly fiction, but it is a silly fiction that keeps us from becoming "those cat people."

Yeah I fear what would become of us if our lease didn't have a 2 pet limit.

[rattran]

With my gf's cats visiting with her this month, we're an 8 cat household. It's pure madness.

[01101010]

With my gf's cats visiting with her this month, we're an 8 cat household. It's pure madness.

Been there in grad school... Though it was my best friend's house and she was a foster home for the local non-profit/no-kill shelter. First day I stepped foot in her house I thought I had smoke too much. But she confirmed there were in fact 12 cats in her 3 bedroom house. It was a laugh riot when a gekko would absent-minded get in the house and be up on the wall with 8-10 cats all below staring and chittering at it to fall. 

[Sjofn]

I will almost certainly be a crazy cat woman someday, although I think my form of madness would come in the form of fostering cats.

[apocrypha]

I have to regularly argue the case for remaining a 2-cat household with my GF. She would turn our house into a giant box of kittens in about 2 weeks flat if I relented.

[Lantyssa]

If they stayed little that doesn't sound like a problem at all.

[Paelos]

I have to regularly argue the case for remaining a 2-cat household with my GF. She would turn our house into a giant box of kittens in about 2 weeks flat if I relented.

[Sjofn]

I want that little black kitten right now goddammit.

I always wanted a black cat, but they didn't have any in the vet's kitten bin when we were looking. So naturally they had an adorable fluffy black kitten in the kitten bin when I took our monster in for his shots. Considering he peed all over himself and the inside of his carrier, maybe I should've asked to do a trade. 

[Sky]

Be careful with little black kittens...


 

[Slayerik]

My cat in the washer..

[Paelos]

[Trippy]

Be careful with little black kittens...

That's not a cat, that's a small puma.

[Lantyssa]

Did you just call Sky's fiancee a cougar?

[Sky]

She is six years older than me...

Bart has thrown off my cat calibrations, at over 2' long, nose to butt (not stretching) and 20.8lbs. I keep thinking other cats are sickly and small.

[Rasix]

Yah, that's a big cat.  My black cat, Harry, is pretty large but thin. He's was at least a head taller than my other cats (now down to cat) and just really, really long.  But, he only weighs in at about 16 lbs.  My previous cat Mojo, who went with my roommate, was about the same size but built like a rock.  Weighed in at about 19-22lbs depending on his diet.

The vets and visitors love to see Harry, because he just looks like a mini-panther and walks around like one.

[Mrbloodworth]

No room!

[01101010]

If I were to get another cat ever, I'd shoot for one of these... something about the coat and the ability to slaughter children makes me smile. Of course it would all be highly dependent on finding one on a rescue site/shelter AND getting over the loss of my other ones.

[Nebu]

I'm still a huge maine coon fan.  They're big cats with a very friendly disposition.  My current gray tabby looks identical to the one in Bloodworth's picture.  He's huge and a total attention whore.

On a side note: I have a 15 year old manx that has recently started pooping near, but not in her litter box.  I've increased the number of boxes in the house and even cut the side off of one of them for easier access. Still, she refuses to go in it.  I haven't changed litter recently and there are no unusual stressors... I'm starting to wonder if it's senile kitty dementia.   

[Engels]

A common symptom of urinary tract infection in cats is that they start peeing on towels or rugs, because the litter is an irritant. Not sure if the same applies to pooping, tho.

[proudft]

Does she still jump up and down on things of a reasonable height?  If she's stopped doing that and it's a high-sided litter box the effort of getting in and out of it might be too much for her at her advanced age.

Edit: oh, you cut a hole in the side.  Welp, I'm not much help after all.      Maybe you meant the hood though, instead of the edge?

But yeah, once a cat gets it in their head that a place to go is 'uncomfortable', whether from inconvenience, being startled at some time, or an actual medical infection or other ailment that causes pain, they really avoid that spot and try to find a new one.  It's maddening, especially when they keep doing it after the situation has been resolved.

[Mrbloodworth]

I'm still a huge maine coon fan.  They're big cats with a very friendly disposition.  My current gray tabby looks identical to the one in Bloodworth's picture.  He's huge and a total attention whore.

On a side note: I have a 15 year old manx that has recently started pooping near, but not in her litter box.  I've increased the number of boxes in the house and even cut the side off of one of them for easier access. Still, she refuses to go in it.  I haven't changed litter recently and there are no unusual stressors... I'm starting to wonder if it's senile kitty dementia.   

Could be a number of things. The type of litter itself, if you regularly clean the box, and I don't mean just scoop, but clean/bleach/disinfect. To high traffic of an area, other cats attack them,  Or like others have said, urinary infections.

[Bzalthek]

I have to regularly argue the case for remaining a 2-cat household with my GF. She would turn our house into a giant box of kittens in about 2 weeks flat if I relented.

[Rasix]

I'm still a huge maine coon fan.  

Max is part maine coon.  Not that big, only about 13lbs.

[Nebu]

But yeah, once a cat gets it in their head that a place to go is 'uncomfortable', whether from inconvenience, being startled at some time, or an actual medical infection or other ailment that causes pain, they really avoid that spot and try to find a new one.  It's maddening, especially when they keep doing it after the situation has been resolved.

I'm betting this is it.  I'll just have to keep trying things.

[Sjofn]

Maine Coon is one of the breeds we talk about wanting, but we're probably going to get shelter cats forever, so we'd have to get lucky, probably. For now we have to settle for our smaller cat, Lizzie, having the same vague body shape as one.

[Samwise]

Maine Coon is one of the breeds we talk about wanting, but we're probably going to get shelter cats forever, so we'd have to get lucky, probably.

http://mainecoonadoptions.com/ -- mostly "Maine Coon mixes" that don't necessarily have visible Maine Coon traits, but they do often have a few full Maine Coons (mostly adult cats).

[Sjofn]

Breed specific rescues, while I am glad they exist and save kitties, tend to be fucking insane about who they let adopt their cats. It'll be a long time before we can get another cat anyway, but you're right, we could always look for a maine coon group 'round here first! Although I think Ingmar wants a Scottish Fold more. :P

[Trippy]

<-- yes Scottish Folds are awesome

[Sky]

Library cat was pretty despondent this morning, I popped in a few times to hang out with her, as she didn't make her normal rounds for snacks. She's old and has had some passing illnesses, so I just figured it was another of those. Unfortunately, she died as soon as she got to the vet, natural causes. The good thing is, as of yesterday she was a big-mouth snack hunter. So it was fairly quick and painless and most people here had time this morning with her (at the time, just concerned because she was despondent).

Went home for lunch and annoyed Bart to no end with attention.

[01101010]

Library cat was pretty despondent this morning, I popped in a few times to hang out with her, as she didn't make her normal rounds for snacks. She's old and has had some passing illnesses, so I just figured it was another of those. Unfortunately, she died as soon as she got to the vet, natural causes. The good thing is, as of yesterday she was a big-mouth snack hunter. So it was fairly quick and painless and most people here had time this morning with her (at the time, just concerned because she was despondent).

Went home for lunch and annoyed Bart to no end with attention.

Well now I am depressed and about to break out my cats' old pictures and pull a Nathan Lane in The Bird Cage. Damn you...

[Ingmar]

I always am jealous of people who have cats at work (seems like it is almost always someplace with books, too, which just kind of adds to it.) RIP library cat.

Since I haven't posted any pictures in a while:

A not-that-great picture of Jack but it is the only one I have of him full-grown at the moment (13.5 pounds but he's extremely long, if he ever gets fat he'll be a monster):


And Lizzie being as photogenic as ever:


I need to get one with Jack so the lighting is right such that you can actually see his blue eyes. Keep thinking maybe I'll take a photography class or something, cats work cheap as models.

[Lantyssa]

Godspeed, library cat.

She reminds me of one of my old kitties.

[Sjofn]

Library cat was very pretty, I especially like that second picture. I am sad she has passed on but I am glad it was just a quick "she's old" thing rather than anything else.